24 Amazing Innovations From India's Young Minds
#13 Cushioned-helmets for labourers
G Jeevan Sidharth
Class 9, Shrishti Vidyashram, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
"While going to school, I often observed construction workers carrying bricks and cement on their head. I wanted something that would protect the head, reduce pressure and help to balance load. Just like how a helmet gives safety, while riding, why can't a helmet protect these workers?"
He thus went on to design a helmet to provide safety to workers at construction sites. It is fitted inside with a cushion that gives protection while the outer surface has a slight inward curve for easy balancing.
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#12 Device to monitor mental stress in students and others
Himanshu Jiteshbhai Parmar
Class 10, Pandit Nehru Vidya Vihar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
"I remember reading a news paper story about students who committed suicide because of failure in their class 10 board exams," he shares.
This made him to think of a system to measure tension/mental stress. It would tell the degree of stress and if found high, students can unwind before going back to their studies.
Ankita Arora
Class 10, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab
Ankita was distressed to see her mother struggling with acute back pain that confined her to bed for over a year. Her mother's agony gave her the idea of creating a device for detecting and monitoring levels of mental stress in an individual.
